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isotopy
Variant of isotope
noun
any of two or more forms of an element having the same or very closely related chemical properties and the same atomic number but different atomic weights (or mass numbers): U-235, U-238, and U-239 are three isotopes of uranium
Related Forms:
- isotopic adjective
- isotopically adverb
- isotopy noun
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